Todays football 11/04

How are teams like £#%&!ing Burnley in this league?

They get over £50m for being promoted to the premier league and then spend a paltry £8m on players, most of whom are shite.

What do they expect? Is it any wonder they're down the bottom of the league playing this "huff n puff, get into 'em then shout at the ref" shit.

Originally Posted by Tiberian

All the top teams have been fairly shit this season, Chelsea have been consistent but hardly compelling. It could be the result of a post world cup season and fatigue amongst the players, but Southampton back in 5th tells a tale. Awful standard and even with the top teams struggling the next rank have been incapable of anything beyond mediocrity.

yeah it's been piss poor, but might as well embrace it for a few weeks - or at least as long as united have a chance of nicking it anyway, which would be hilarious

That's £#%&!ing shocking

Originally Posted by Semantic Lisp

yeah it's been piss poor, but might as well embrace it for a few weeks - or at least as long as united have a chance of nicking it anyway, which would be hilarious

It would be great. Tbh Wenger nicking it off Mou would be funny.

I'd like to see Arsenal overtake City now under FFP. I miss Wenger being a loathsome @#%&!. Need some proper intensity to these battles for the league. The Premier League needs United and Arsenal in the title races. The plastics don't create the same tension.

Originally Posted by Semantic Lisp

yeah it's been piss poor, but might as well embrace it for a few weeks - or at least as long as united have a chance of nicking it anyway, which would be hilarious

Imagine the scouse, mourinho, the press and the ABU nation simultaneously melting down while LvG sails down the irwell

Originally Posted by Semantic Lisp

yeah it's been piss poor, but might as well embrace it for a few weeks - or at least as long as united have a chance of nicking it anyway, which would be hilarious

That would be ridiculous, about 6 good performances all season and already in third. LVG inwardly must be shocked at where they are.

A few weeks back some were concerned that Utd might miss out on top 4 because of a tough run in, but it was always going to take a dreadful set of performances to finish behind Spurs, Liverpool or Southampton.

At no point during this game have Burnley even looked like they believed they could get something. Arsenal have cruised through like its a training match.

Barca 1-0 up messi

Neymar

Banega strike

Shit goalkeeping

Originally Posted by bigMikeA

Banega strike

Shit goalkeeping

Awful keeping.

I see Busquets is being his usual cheating @#%&! self. The @#%&!

2-2

Great goal

2-2

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Ross Barkley needs to be coached by a proper coach. He's utterly brainless and his decision making is dreadful.

was a quote in RI a while back from some ex-coach of his - 'he's spectacularly thick even by normal footballer standards' or something like that

Originally Posted by Tiberian

A bit unfair that, if they finish second and win the Fa Cup that will be an excellent season for them. This time last year the obituaries were coming in for Wenger, but if they can keep their best players he should have a team who can mount a genuine challenge with a couple of defensive additions.

we've been saying that for about 10 years tbf

Just watching O'Shea on GOS - had a stinker

Originally Posted by taff

we've been saying that for about 10 years tbf

True, though people do overlook his achievement in keeping Arsenal in CL places while they were paying off The Emirates stadium, Spurs, Liverpool, Villa, Sunderland, even Stoke have a higher net spend over the last 10 years, go back to the summer of 2013 before they became financially stable and you could add a lot more clubs to that list.

They were a selling club, continually losing their best players, look to be in a position now where that should not happen.

Agree on Arsenal, a Utd Arsenal rivalry is infinitely better than a City/Chelsea one. Two proper teams going at it

They'll be right up there next season